A guide to the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities in the British Museum (1899)
British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities, Smith, A. H. (Arthur Hamilton), 1860-1941 · London : Printed by order of the Trustees · leaf 36
e contest which is the sub-ject of the pediment, while those tothe right of Poseidon are the subor-dinate marine deities who wouldnaturally l)e jiresent as the supportersof the Ruler of the sea. Another system of inteipretation(Brunn) seeks to show that the westpediment contains a personified… … 24 Ely in Boom. daughters ai-e on the side of Poseidon (Furtwaengler), and the twoearly Attic heroes are thus associated with the two deities. Themain objection is that only one figure (tliat of Cecrops) can beidentified with any degree of certainty. 304 A. Ilissos or Kephissos.—This figure,…
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